Month: August 2016

Mail.com

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Two men who were reportedly killed in combat while fighting the Islamic State group in Syria left suburban Denver neighborhoods for a war zone because of camaraderie and an unshakeable drive to right an injustice, their families said Wednesday.

Jordan MacTaggart, 22, is believed to have been killed Aug. 3 while fighting in a squad that included two Americans and a Swede, and Levi Shirley, 24, was reportedly killed by a land mine July 14. It’s unclear if the two men crossed paths in Colorado or the Middle East, but their parents on Wednesday highlighted similar motivations for why they joined Kurdish forces against ISIS.   Continue reading “Families say Colorado men killed fighting ISIS shared traits”

Matthew Spencer Petersen (born 1970)^[1] is a member of the United States Federal Election Commission (FEC).

He was nominated to the FEC by President George W. Bush on June 12, 2008, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 2008. He was unanimously elected to serve as the Chairman of the FEC starting in 2010 by his fellow members of the FEC in December 2009.   Continue reading “Mad Martist’s Target”

WBAL TV 11 – by Tim Tooten

BALTIMORE —More than two dozen armed Baltimore City school police officers are being assigned to some of the district’s most dangerous buildings more than a year after a state law forced them off campus.

Officers are heading back inside some school buildings, but they won’t be able to openly carry their weapons on campus. The acting chief said it comes at a price.   Continue reading “School police allowed back into Baltimore schools without guns”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will allow more research into its possible medical benefits, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday.

The DEA said the agency opted not to reclassify marijuana after a lengthy review and consultation with the Health and Human Services Department, which said marijuana “has a high potential for abuse” and “no accepted medical use.”   Continue reading “US government won’t reclassify marijuana, allows research”

PC Mag – by Stephanie Mlot

AT&T will pay $7.75 million to settle an FCC investigation into whether the company added unauthorized cell phone charges to customers’ bills.

According to the FCC, the carrier allowed scammers to charge approximately $9 per month for a sham directory assistance service.   Continue reading “AT&T to Pay $7.75M For Phone Bill Scam”

BBC News

Police have shot dead a suspect in an anti-terror operation in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that a suspect was fatally shot in a police operation.

Canadian media said police had raided a property in Strathroy, about 225km (140 miles) south-west of Toronto.   Continue reading “Canada police ‘kill suspect in anti-terror operation’”

North Jersey – by NICHOLAS PUGLIESE

Police recovered two AR-15 assault rifles with sliding stocks, a Ruger Mini-30 assault rifle with a folding stock and a Ruger Mini-14 assault rifle, along with four other firearms, a spokeswoman for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Police also found three high-capacity ammunition magazines, a large quantity of ammunition and about 45 grams of marijuana in their search of the home on Tuesday, she said.   Continue reading “Assault rifles, ammunition are seized in search of Bergenfield home”

CNBC – by Krystina Gustafson

Macy’s reported Thursday fiscal second-quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts’ expectations, as shoppers responded to the department store’s steep discounts. Yet with sales still on the decline, the retailer said it will shutter 100 locations to focus on its best-performing stores.

The company’s shares shot more than 14 percent higher in early trading.
Continue reading “Macy’s soars after topping Wall Street estimates, outlining plans to close 100 stores”

The Daily Signal – by Hans von Spakovsky

It looks as if Texas, the Justice Department, and all of the other parties, including the NAACP, involved in the challenge to the state’s voter ID law have worked out an interim settlement—and the district court judge approved the deal today after a telephonic hearing Wednesday morning. That deal is probably about the best deal Texas could expect to get given the circumstances and personalities in the case.

In Veasey v. Abbott, Texas (and the cause of election integrity) suffered a blow three weeks ago when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the voter ID law violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it supposedly had a discriminatory effect, despite the fact that there was no evidence that the ID law had diminished turnout in Texas elections.   Continue reading “Texas Gets the Best Deal It Could With DOJ on Voter ID for the Election”

ABC News – by Gene Johnson, AP

A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a decision by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ban ammunition originally designed for AK-47 assault rifles.

The decision by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Seattle came in a lawsuit brought by a Redmond-based arms importer, P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained ATF permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian-made ammunition, known as 7N6.   Continue reading “Judge Upholds ATF’s Decision Banning Ammo Designed for AK-47”

USA Today – by Brad Heath

WASHINGTON — Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases.

Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash.   Continue reading “DEA regularly mines Americans’ travel records to seize millions in cash”

Constitution – by Bethany Blankley

Liberals and anti-Constitution residents of the U.S. don’t understand the purpose of the 14th Amendment. But the Amendment’s author was pretty clear about its purpose. The inconvenient truth is that the 14th Amendment does not and never has granted U.S. citizenship to foreigners born in the United States.

The 14th Amendment is one of the most misunderstood, and most cited amendment among all of the amendments in litigation in the United States. Its author, Senator Jacob Howard (R-MI), wrote quite clearly the purpose of the law’s scope when he introduced it:   Continue reading “The 14th Amendment Does NOT Grant Citizenship to Foreigners Born in the U.S.”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

The mainstream media rejoiced last week when a new jobs report revealed that the United States had added 255,000 jobs in July. Unfortunately, the jobs report wasn’t nearly as positive as everyone thought. It turns out that July’s job growth wasn’t really enough to keep up with population growth. In other words, there wasn’t any real growth at all.

And that isn’t the only sign that indicates the American economy is taking nosedive this year. Federal data released on Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that the government agency has changed its assessment of America’s wage growth. Previously they claimed that our wages had grown 4.2% in the first quarter of 2016.   Continue reading “Government Data Shows That American Wages Are Sinking Like A Rock”

Tenth Amendment Center – by TJ Martinell

Gun control proponents often paint the fight over gun rights as a battle between “gun sense” advocates and fringe elements who want dangerous people to have access the firearms. In reality, the conflict is a fundamental choice every society must make. Does it want to live in a police state or a free society?

That’s the conclusion Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble came to recently following terrorist attacks in Kenya.   Continue reading “The Gun Control Battle is a Choice Between a Police State and a Free Society”

Personal Liberty – by Bob Livingston

Many people know that in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, through Executive Order 6102, confiscated gold from the people and criminalized the possession of monetary gold by “any individual, partnership, association or corporation.” But not as many people know about FDR’s Executive Order 6814, signed on August 9, 1934, that “required all persons to deliver [their silver] to the U.S. government.”   Continue reading “FDR’s silver confiscation”

From Texe Marrs website, Power of Prophecy

Texe has suffered a heart attack and is recovering at home. He sends his love to each of you, and he constantly thinks of the ministry and you.

Thank you for your prayers and love. Texe will hopefully make a speedy recovery.
Continue reading “Texe Marrs Suffers Heart Attack”